My g n r crazy 7 year old son thinks Slash is better, but this solo is truly remarkable and buckethead puts his own stamp on the song and adds speed whilst slash adds bluesy bends / licks and sleaziness
The quantity of comments posted in response to this video obviously has blatantly failed at being any type of accurate indicator regarding the necessary intensity, and raw power, that is inevitably required, and thoroughly displayed, in performing such a soul-stirring song! Such a performance only lends credence to the source of the incomprehensible tsunami of emotions that hit, and fuĺly envelope, any and all, witnesses to said performance, is derived, not in the song itself,but rather in the manner in which the artist works their magic!
Packed and all eyes turned in No one to see on the quay No one waving for me, just the shoreline receding Ticket in my hand, thinking, "Wish I didn't hand it in" 'Cause who said sailing is fine? Leaving behind all the faces that I might replace If I tried on that long ride Looking deep inside but I don't wanna look so deep inside yet Sit down, sit down on the prow to wave bye There might not be another star further on the line Look out, look out at each town that glides by And there's another crowd to drown in crying eyes And see how That light you love now just won't shine There might just be another star That's high and far in some other sky We sing, "Is that marionette Real enough yet to step off of that set To decide what her hands might be doing? Ruining the play to in the ensuing melee escape" We packed up all of our bags The ship's deck now sags from the weight of our tracks As we pace beneath flags black and battered Rattling our swords in service of some faded foreign lord And we sail out on orders from him but we find The maps he sent to us don't mention lost coastlines Where nothing we've actually seen has been mapped or outlined And we don't recognize the names upon these signs And every night finds us rocking and rolling on waves wild and wide Well, we have lost our way, nobody's gonna say it outright Just go la la, la la la la La la, oh, la la la La la, la la la la Oh, oh, oh, oh
"People just ain't no good.....but they care for you when you are sick and bury you when you are dead." Such profound lyrics.....Nick is a philosopher king.
That this song is superb - it is more than clear. But have you noticed what great band Bad Seeds are? The way they build up through the song is incomparable, one of the best bands ever.
